X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["677" "Fri" "5" "February" "93" "11:47:55" "GMT" "spqr@MINSTER.YORK.AC.UK" "spqr@MINSTER.YORK.AC.UK" nil "17" "Re: Baselines and multicols" "^Date:" nil nil "2"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/1.9.92 ) id AA18951; Fri, 5 Feb 93 12:50:18 +0100 Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/19.6.92) id AA27109; Fri, 5 Feb 93 12:50:15 +0100 Message-Id: <9302051150.AA27109@sc.zib-berlin.dbp.de> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7066; Fri, 05 Feb 93 12:51:15 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 2774; Fri, 05 Feb 93 12:51:12 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 2772; Fri, 05 Feb 93 12:51:11 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Fri, 5 Feb 93 11:47:55 GMT From: spqr@MINSTER.YORK.AC.UK Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: Re: Baselines and multicols Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 940 > > I accept that there are wider issues but would like to think that LaTeX3 > could address the general principle of providing aligned baselines > (perhaps as on option which can be switched on/off). > In the general case, LaTeX *does* allow aligned baselines. its up to the style designer to use fixed space, not variable bits of rubber, between items. since TeX plonks rectangular boxes on the page very precisely, its an ideal tool for building aligned baselines. I dont quite see what the LaTeX 3 *kernel* needs to add. An example 2 column style file with a good implementation of aligned baselines is another matter, and it would be lovely to have it. Sebastian